Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor of the uterus: Report of four cases

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 341-346

  Fukunaga, Masaharu ^a,b  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

HMB45; Perivascular epithelioid cell tumor; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CALDESMON; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; DESMIN; H CALDESMON; HMB45 ANTIGEN; MELAN A; MELANOMA ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE REPORT; COAGULATION NECROSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOSOME; MITOSIS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; OMENTUM; OVARY TUMOR; PERIVASCULAR EPITHELIOID CELL TUMOR; PREMELANOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UTERUS TUMOR; VISCERAL METASTASIS;

ACTINS; ADULT; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; DESMIN; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOSIS; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; OMENTUM; OVARY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 25444456360     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pgp.0000168515.83557.89     Document Type: Article

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